In another arson case, police are looking for 19-year-old Matthew L. Jordan of Suffolk in connection with a similar fire on Tyler Road in Isle of Wight County a year ago.

3 CAUGHT BREAKING INTO VENDING MACHINE

WILLIAMSBURG - Three men were arrested on the College of William and Mary campus after employees there caught them breaking into a vending machine early Thursday.

The trio admitted they had broken into that machine and three others and said they had broken into other machines on an earlier occasion, said William and Mary Police Chief Dick McGrew.

POLICE SEEK MAN IN ABDUCTION CASE

NEWPORT NEWS - Police are asking for help in a search for a man who abducted and sexually molested a male juvenile in May.

The juvenile was riding his bicycle north on Jefferson Avenue, just south of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, when he was hit by a full-sized dark blue car with a white top.

He told the driver he was not hurt, but the man offered him a ride home. The juvenile accepted. But the driver then took him to a wooded area off Bland Boulevard against his will.

The suspect is a white male in his 40s, 6 feet tall. He weighs about 300 pounds. He has short brown hair and is balding. The suspect has a 2-inch purple birthmark around his right ear.

Anyone who recognizes the man is urged to call Crime Line at 245-0755. Calls are confidential, and can earn up to $1,000.

4 SOUGHT IN SHOOTING AT MERCURY PLAZA

HAMPTON - Police are looking for four suspects wanted in the Oct. 27 shooting at Mercury Plaza.

Wanted are:

* Norton Richards, also known as Norton Saddler, 23, of an unknown address;

* Marvin Lee Johnson, 23, of an unknown address;

* Andre Steele, 23, whose last-known address was in the first block of Janet Drive;

* Marlon J. Moore, 21, whose last-known address was in the 500 block of Logan Place in Newport News.

Felony warrants charged all four in the incident.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the four is asked to call Crime Line at 722-9800. Information could earn a cash reward up to $1,000. Callers are never asked to identify themselves or testify in court.

HEARING DATE SET FOR CRIME LEGISLATION

RICHMOND - Public hearings on a proposed package of juvenile-crime legislation will be held Tuesday.

A Commission on Youth legislative task force of commonwealth's attorneys, judges, citizens and members of the General Assembly will hear comment.

The plan includes proposed changes that would lower the age at which some offenders can be prosecuted as adults, allow more long-term sentencing for serious offenders and seek more programs for some offenders. For more information, call 371-2481.